The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1887-12-24
'RI wv ZEE K LIZ EDITION,
lady did not return his love he hanged

lady did not return his love he hanged
himself. s3, II ss i
he left. behind him u son 10 years |
old, and a widow, my mothers sister.
They came TO live With uss at my
fathers place at Bertillon. T. twasiat
the time II years Of age.
You cannot imagine what a remark
ably precocious child this little Saliteze
was. 1tilooked as if all the Tenderness,
all the enthusiasm Of the whole race
had fallen to this one, the last Of the
name. He always seemed to be ia q
dream, and folc hours he would walk all
alone in the long avenue of elm trees
which leads from the chateau to the
woods. From my window I would
notice the sentimental lad stepping
grayely along, his hands behind his
fback, his eyes cast down, now and then
stopping to look UP, as if he saw and
understood and felt things that were.
beyond his years. sSS', i....,
Often, after dinner, on moonllt
nights, Inc would say to me: Come,
cousin, let lis go out to muse" And
then we would start. out together
through. the park, He would stop 4
abruptly in front Of the glades where
floated that white vapor, that light
wadding with which the moon pads the
opening between the trees; then, he
would say to. me, as he pressed my
hand: ''See that, see. But you do not
understand me; know you don't. IF
you did, we would be happy: One
must love to understand. Itwould
laugh and kiss the child that wasiso
much attached to me. ,,
Often, also, after dinner, he would
sit on N.Y. mothers Knees. "Now,
aunty," he would say, s'tell me some
love stories.'' And mother, for fun,
would relate to him all the legends of
his family, all the passionate adven-
lures of his forefathers, and Of these
there were not a. fe&Mthousands ana
thousands of them were spoken Of, true
as we'll as false. ItWas the reputation
Of these men that destroyed, them.
Their minds would get worked up, and
then they gloriea in. keeping UP the
family fame.
The little fellow would become ami.
mated over these tender OF. terrible mar
ratiyes, and at times he wo1 gclap his
hand as he would repeat over anGI a. -
y; seftSrr ttyr has All easy ehysjigr =
sss;,s>, ,hasisetr now to8 loSes ithds better 4
Ian atty sof them. .Ss 8i8
sApd&N Then he began courting mo in a
lmid and tender manner that made !,
Yerybody laugh so odd did ut seem. J
every morning 1 received a bunch OF !.
lowers that he had gathered for me,
nd every night, before going up to his :,
oom, he would kiss my hand and lnur- !
nur: II love you." :
II was wrong. very wrong, and still !
weep over my folly. ALI myli l have =
one penance on account Of 1t, and i :
ave remained an old maid, or rather 1 $, 9
ave lived as q widowed betrothed, his =
widow. / would amuse myself with ,
his childish affection; even encourag- :,
d him; ] was coquettish and bewitch- 1
ng, just as might have been with
nan. made the child dote upon me.
t was fun for me and an amusing pas
ime for his mother and for mine. He
vas. IL years old. Just think; who
would ever have imagined that this =
TOMS love was serious? I would kiss =
i'm whenever he asked me to; / would :
ven write him tender notes which our !,
nothers would read, and lie would an t,
wer me with letters full Of passion, a
which I still preserve. Believing him. S
elf a man he supposed that our love
vas kept secret. We had all lost sight
f the fact that he was a de Santezel,
Things went on in, this way for q Il
ear or SO. One evening in the park he ?
ell at my feet, and: kissing the hem Of :
ny dress, he cried out passlonately: "I .
ove you, love you, / love- you to ?
cath. Iftyou,eyer deceive me you un- =
erstand what I am saying; IL you ever x
orsake me for another, shall do as II
id my, father.' And he added. In a u
eep voice that sent a chill throngh me: u
You know what he did, II
Then, as I stood motionless, dumb Il
ounded, he rose, and standing on tip !,
oe so as to reach my ear, he whispered =,
oy name, "Genevievel'in 50 sweet, 80 q
retty, SO tender atone that I could not u
elp trembling all over. y .a q
!, ! Istammered: Let US return home. 3, 9
lesaid nothing more, but followed rue "
ntsilence; just as we were about to as '
end the front door steps, however, he Q
topped me, and said: Remember, that =
{ you forsakeI me I shalllkill myselfah y
Then, but only then, realized that I s
lads gone too far, and thenceSogth, Ibe- 0
anne moro reserved with him. One g
lay, as he reproaehed me for having s
hanged toward him, I replied: ..Y ou4 T.
ire too big to jest with now, and not .
ret old enoughfor serious love. Shall Z
yait till youare."
l. thought that this would end it all.
In autumn he was sent to boarding !,
chooi. When he returned the follow :
ng summer was engaged. He under !
TODD Immediately how matters stood, =
nd for eight days went about with so =
5a mien that II became = !,
lafmed.